§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of of the Exchequer further to the Written Answer to the hon. Member for Norfolk, South (Mr. MacGregor) [Official Report, 15th December 1978 ; c.519–20], if he will provide comparable tables (a) for a single man, (b) for a married man without children, and (c) for a married man
Single person Married couple without children Real weekly take-home pay and real weekly net income at October 1978 prices Real weekly take-home pay and real weekly net income at October 1978 prices March June September December March June September December £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1970 … — 59.30 60.20 60.50 — 62.40 63.20 63.50 1971 … 60.10 60.10 61.20 60.60 63.00 62.70 63.80 63.10 1972 … 61.90 64.60 65.90 66.20 64.60 67.00 68.40 68.60 1973 … 66.30 67.10 67.00 66.30 68.60 69.30 69.20 68.40 1974 … 65.30 63.50 65.70 68.10 67.40 66.30 68.40 70.70 1975 … 65.50 61.50 63.40 63.20 68.00 64.20 66.10 65.80 1976 … 62.80 62.30 61.50 60.30 65.30 65.30 64.40 63.10 1977 … 58.90 59.10 59.10 60.50 61.60 62.80 62.80 64.10 1978 … 61.00 64.60 64.40 64.50 68.20 67.90
MARRIED COUPLE WITH TWO CHILDREN UNDER 11 YEARS AND TWO CHILDREN BETWEEN 11 AND 16 YEARS Real weekly take-home pay at October 1978 prices Real weekly net income at October 1978 prices March June September December March June September December £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1970 … — 68.20 68.90 69.10 — 76.20 76.80 76.80 1971 … 68.50 70.70 71.70 70.90 76.00 77.90 78.90 77.90 1972 … 72.10 74.50 75.70 75.80 79.10 81.40 82.50 82.30 1973 … 75.70 76.00 75.80 74.80 82.10 82.20 81.90 80.70 1974 … 73.50 74.80 76.70 78.60 79.10 80.20 82.00 83.60 1975 … 75.40 70.60 72.30 71.80 80.10 72.20 78.70 78.00 1976 … 71.10 73.00 71.80 70.20 77.10 78.80 77.50 75.70 1977 … 68.30 68.30 68.30 69.50 73.50 74.30 74.20 75.40 1978 … 69.90 71.20 70.90 75.60 80.60 80.10 The assumed level of average earnings for June and September 1978 has been obtained by up-dating the new earnings survey estimate of average earnings of full-time adult males in April 1978, taking account of movements in a centred three-month moving average of the whole economy index of average earnings of all employees.
970Wwith four children, two of whom are under 11 years and two between 11 and 16 years, assuming average adult male earnings in each case.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply[Official Report, 16th January 1979; Vol. 960, c.732 –3],gave the following information:
The figures are as follows:
In all other respects, the figures are on the same basis as those given in the previous answers.
For the single person and married couple, take-home pay and net income are the same.
For the married couple with two children under 11, the corresponding figures for September 1978 would be £69.20—real weekly take-home pay—and £73.80—real weekly net income.